Fountain-pen.



`R. P. 'VAN WINKLB.

FOUNTAIN PEN.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 24,1910.

@553% Patented June i3, w11.

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F ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOUNTAIN-PEN.

season Sth @ZZ w'iom it may concern:

Be it known that l, RALPH F. VAN

.l/VINKLE, citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Erie, in the county of Erie and State ot' Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in FountqainPens, of wnichthe following` is a specihcation.

This invention relates to fountain pens, and its main object is, toprovide a pen of highly ornamental appearance, simulating a. pearlinlaid pen, capable et' being` manufactured at very small cost.

A further object of the invention is, to

. provide an ornamental holder for fountain pens in which the parts willbe very irinly connected together and in such a manner as to present asmooth exterior surface.

The construction of the improvement will be Jfully describedhereinafter, in connection with the ecompanying drawing` which formsapart of this specification, and its features oi novelty will be setforth and defined in the appended claim.

In the drawing z-,Figurc l is a view in perspective of a fountain penholder embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectionof the holder. Fig. is a central longitudinal section of a moditiedconstruction of the holder. Fig. e is perspective view of one of thestrips forniing the ornamental covering for the central portion ot theholder, and `Fig. is a similar View of one of the modilied strips shownin Fig. 3.

rlhe holder comprises a ltubular body portion l serving as the-inkreservoir of the pen, and prei'erablyimade ol thin sheet metal, whichmay or may not be screwthreaded for the attachment thereto of tubularend-caps 2 and 3 of hard rubber or other Suitable material. To theexterior surface of the metallic tube l between the end caps 2 and 3 isapplied a covering of an ornamental character consisting ot' a series oflongitudinal strips 4 of shell or so-called pearl of which pearl-handledknives and the like articles are constructed, ornamental metal or thelike. One of these strips is shown in detail in Fig. 4 andit will benoted that each oit the strips is recessed at its ends to provide twoshoulders 5 and 6 so that 'when the strips are assembled to en tirelycover that portion of the meta-l tube obed continu s annular shoulders 7Speccation of Letters Patent. Application' led October 24, i916.

Patented June t3, 19M. Serial No. 588,916.

.are formed by the meeting-of the series of shoulders 5 and 6 on theseveral strips.

The strips are secured to the tube l by cement or any other durableadhesive material, with the longitudinal edges of the strips in closeabutting contact, and preferabiy cemented together along said edges.After the strips are thus firmly attached to the tubular body et' thepen holder, the hard rubber caps 2 and 3 recessed at their inner ends topresent annular shoulders 8 are titled over the ends ot' the tube l sothat the inner ends of said caps will rest against the ends et' thestrips. The caps 2 and 3 are interiorly recessed at their inner ends toform annular shoulders l() against which the ends of the tube l.abutwhen the caps are in place as shown in Fig. 2. rlhe end caps may befrietionally fitted upon the tube l' or threaded thereto` as may bedesired.

The joining of the caps and the ends of the strips provides annularrecesses 9 to receive bands 10a preferably oit sheet metal which overlapthe inner reduced ends of the caps, and also the recessed ends of thestrips, the outer surfaces oi the bands 10 strips and caps, Jthusavoiding projecting edges or surfaces the entire exterior of the holderbeing smooth and iinished., 'lhe bands l0 are cemented in place andconstitute a firm reinfmfcenicnt .tor the end caps and contribute to thestrength and durain Figs. 3 and 5 I have shown a n'ioditiedconstructionof the invention in which the strips d are each formed at each end withtwo shoulders 5a and t3 and the end caps 2 and 3 `with internal annularshoulders 8a which abut the ends of the shouldered strips, the innerends ot the caps overlapping the ends ot' the strips and resting againstthe shoulder 5 thereof. The bands i0 overlap the inner ends of thecapsand abut the shoulders Ca of the strips.

if preferred an integral tube may be substituted for thev strips, theendsof the tube being formed with shoulders.

It will be apparent that by my improvement fountain pen holders of ahighly ornamental appearance may be manufactured at a very small cest,and that the construction described and shown provides a very desirableholder.

Having fully ldescribed my' invention.

'what I claim and desire to secure by Letupon the ends of the strips andinclosing the ters Patent, is shoulders7 and end caps tted upon the pro-A holder for fountain pens comprising a jecting ends of tlie body memberand abutmeta'llic tubular body member, a series of ting against theshoulders of the strips.

strips disposed end to end about the member In testimony whereof I aiiXmy signature and cemented together at. their edges and in presence oftwo Witnesses. also cemented to the exterior surface of the RALPH F. VANVVNKLE- member, the said strips being of less length than the said bodymember and circumlWitnesses:

. erentially reduced atl their ends whereby l S. L. GLsoN,

to aord shoulders retainin bands secured E. G. JOHNSON .i

